Thorns and thistles will sprout for you. You will eat the plants of the field,
Jeremiah 4:3 - Tree of Life Version Thus says Adonai to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your ground left uncultivated for a season, so that you may not sow among thorns. American Standard Version (1901) For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Common English Bible This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: Break up your hard rocky soil; don’t plant among the thorns. Catholic Public Domain Version For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: "Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns. |
Thorns and thistles will sprout for you. You will eat the plants of the field,
But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat. Whatever they leave behind, the animals of the field may eat. You are to deal with your vineyard and your olive grove in the same way.
Sow for yourselves righteousness. Reap in accord with covenant love. Break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek Adonai, until He comes and showers righteousness on you.
“But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew and choked them out.
“Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
Now that which fell into the thorns are those who were hearing; but as they go along the way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear mature fruit.
Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.